Ratings Scam: Mumbai Cops Fight Republic TV's CBI Probe Plea In Top Court

Thursday, 15 October 2020Newsdesk

Mumbai Police has opposed a petition filed by Republic TV requesting CBI probe on alleged rigging viewership ratings scam, saying that the channel was making attempts to thwart the police investigations in the case.

New Delhi, 15 October 2020

As per news report of NDTV, in an advance petition filed in the Supreme Court late last night, the Mumbai Police said that Republic TV is abusing the process of law by conducting programmes in the case and "intimidating the witnesses"."Republic TV's demand to transfer the probe to CBI is misconceived. Republic TV wants to thwart the probe into fudging of TRP ratings. Media trial is against free and fair probe. Arnab Goswami (Republic TV's editor-in-chief) is holding programmes where this case is debated at length and contacting witnesses and interfering and intimidating the witnesses," the police said in the affidavit.

Source -NDTV